List of horror films of 1970

A list of horror films released in 1970.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes	Ref.
The Ancines Woods	Pedro Olea	Amparo Soler Leal, Antonio Casas, John Steiner	Spain		[1]
And Soon the Darkness	Robert Fuest	Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Sandor Elès	United Kingdom		[2]
Assignment Terror	Tulio Demicheli, Hugo Fregonese	Michael Rennie, Karin Dor, Patty Shepard	Spain West Germany Italy		[3]
The Beast in the Cellar	James Kelly	Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, Tessa Wyatt	United Kingdom		[4]
Beast of Blood	Eddie Romero	John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia	Philippines United States		[5]
Bigfoot	Robert F. Slatzer	John Carradine	United States		[6]
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage	Dario Argento	Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall	Italy		[7]
Blind Woman's Curse	Teruo Ishii	Toru Abe, Makoto Satô, Hoki Tokuda	Japan		[8]
Blood Mania	Robert Vincent O'Neill	Peter Carpenter, Maria De Aragon, Vicki Peters	United States		[9]
The Blood Rose	Claude Mulot	Anny Duperey, Philippe Lemaire, Howard Vernon	France		[10]
Bloodthirsty Butchers	Andy Milligan	Annabella Wood, Berwick Kaler, Jane Hilary	United States	Filmed in England	[11][12]
The Bloody Judge	Jesús Franco	Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn	Italy Spain West Germany		[13]
The Body Beneath	Andy Milligan	Gavin Reed, Jackie Skarvellis	United States	Filmed in England	[14][15]
Count Dracula	Jesús Franco	Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski	Spain West Germany Italy Liechtenstein		[16]
Count Yorga, Vampire	Bob Kelljan	Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Michael Murphy	United States		[17]
Crowhaven Farm	Walter Grauman	Hope Lange, Paul Burke, Lloyd Bochner	United States	Television film	[18]
Cry of the Banshee	Gordon Hessler	Vincent Price, Hilary Dwyer, Carl Rigg	United Kingdom		[19]
Curse of the Vampires	Gerardo de León	Amalia Fuentes, Eddie Garcia, Romeo Vasques	United States Philippines	aka Creatures of Evil, Blood of the Vampires[20][21]	[22]
Dream No Evil	John Hayes	Edmond O'Brien, Brooke Mills, Marc Lawrence	United States		[23]
The Dunwich Horror	Daniel Haller	Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley	United States		[24]
Equinox	Jack Woods	Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner	United States		[25]
Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion	Jesús Franco	Marie Liljedahl, Maria Rohm, Christopher Lee	West Germany	aka De Sade 70	[26]
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe	Kenneth Johnson	Vincent Price	United States	Television film	[27]
The Evils of Dorian Gray	Massimo Dallamano	Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Herbert Lom	West Germany Italy	Alternative title(s) The Secret of Dorian Gray	[26]
Flesh Feast	Brad F. Grinter	Veronica Lake, Phil Philbin, Heather Hughes	Canada		[26]
Goodbye Gemini	Alan Gibson	Judy Geeson, Michael Redgrave	United Kingdom		[28]
Guru, the Mad Monk	Andy Milligan	Neil Flanagan, Jaqueline Webb	United States		[29][30]
The Horror of Frankenstein	Jimmy Sangster	Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson	United Kingdom		[31]
Horror of the Blood Monsters	Al Adamson	John Carradine, Robert Dix, Vicki Volante	United States		[32][33]
House of Dark Shadows	Dan Curtis	Grayson Hall, Jerry Lacy, Thayer David	United States		[34]
I Drink Your Blood	David E. Durston	Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Jadine Wong, Rhonda Fultz	United States		[35]
Jonathan	Hans Geissendorfer	Jürgen Jung, Hans-Dieter Jendreyko	West Germany		[36]
Lokis	Janusz Majewski	Józef Duriasz, Edmund Fetting, Gustaw Lutkiewicz	Poland		[37]
Love, Vampire Style	Helmut Förnbacher	Patrick Jordan, Herbert Fux, Eva Renzi	West Germany	aka The Amorous Adventures of a Young Postman	[38][39]
Mark of the Devil	Michael Armstrong	Herbert Lom, Olivera Vuco, Udo Kier	West Germany		[40]
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, and Girly	Freddie Francis	Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood	United Kingdom		[41]
The Revenge of Dr. X	Kenneth G. Crane	James Craig, James Yagi	United States Japan	aka Venus Flytrap[42]	[43]
Ritual of Evil	Robert Day	Louis Jourdan	United States	Television film; Sequel to Fear No Evil	[44]
Scars of Dracula	Roy Ward Baker	Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley	United Kingdom		[45]
Scream of the Demon Lover	José Luis Merino	Erna Schürer, Carlos Quiney, Agostina Belli	Italy Spain	aka Ivanna	[46]
Tam-Lin	Roddy McDowall	Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis	United Kingdom	Alternative title(s) The Devil's Widow	[47][48]
Taste the Blood of Dracula	Peter Sasdy	Christopher Lee, Linda Hayden, Martin Jarvis	United Kingdom		[49]
Trog	Freddie Francis	Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay	United Kingdom		[50]
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders	Jaromil Jireš	Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýžová, Karel Engel	Czechoslovakia
The Vampire Lovers	Roy Ward Baker	Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara	United Kingdom United States		[51]
El Vampiro de la autopista	José Luis Madrid	Waldemar Wohlfahrt, Patricia Loran, Luis Iduni	Spain		[52]
The Vampire Doll	Michio Yamamoto	Kayo Matsuo, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoko Minazake	Japan		[38]
The Werewolf Versus Vampire Women	León Klimovsky	Paul Naschy, Gaby Fuchs, Barbara Capell	Spain West Germany		[53]
Witchhammer (Kladivo na čarodějnice)	Otakar Vávra	Elo Romančík, Vladimír Šmeral	Czechoslovakia		[54]
The Wizard of Gore	Herschell Gordon Lewis	Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay	United States		[55]

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